2009 is here, and we’re out of the gate like an earthquake milkshake. We know it doesn’t make sense, but it rhymes.

What we mean is that you made January our best month ever – more than 15,000 visitors and 20,000 visits.

And these were the blogs leading the charge with the most referred visits:

• Sheep Droppings – 197 visits
• These Words of Mine – 92 visits
• the Daily Durias – 79 visits
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun – 55 visits
• Jesus and Compassion – 51 visits

Thanks!

Here’s another “Best of” type of post.

In 2008, the blogs that brought the most visitors to this here blog party were:

• Rocks in My Dryer – 1,628 visits
• These Words of Mine – 728 visits
• Shlog – 506 visits
• the Daily Durias – 477 visits
• Clever Phrase Here – 472 visits

And in December, the social bloggerflys were:

• These Words of Mine – 103 visits
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun – 93 visits
• Jesus and Compassion – 87 visits
• Sheep Droppings – 69 visits
• Clever Phrase Here – 56 visits

Thank you VERY much!

For the month of September, these blogs were the heavy hitters for the referral race.

• all in His design – 70 visits
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun – 70 visits
• 5 Minutes for Parenting – 69 visits, on the back of Kelly @ LoveWell. She writes a post every Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Parenting.
• Pensieve – 65 visits

And since we gave birth to this bloggity-blog thing back in February, these blogs are the overall referral champ-eens.

• Rocks in My Dryer – 1,182 visits
• These Words of Mine – 561 visits
• Shlog – 500 visits

Thanks y’all!

For the month of August, these blogs referred the most traffic to our humble site. Check ‘em out!

• These Words of Mine – 187 visits
• Whittaker Woman – 76 visits
• Clever Phrase Here – 68 visits
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun – 43 visits
• Sheep Droppings – 39 visits
• all in His design – 39 visits
• The Leopard at the Summit – 37 visits
• Lead Me On… – 37 visits